Episodes

Elizabeth Weigand, owner of Agricultural Connections, talks about why buying local food is important, working with farms and restaurants, and how consumers can make small changes to help their local economy.

Suzanne Landry is full of nutrition info - and as a chef and author of The Passionate Vegetable, she sure knows her rutabaga from her turnip. She shares her knowledge of how food is healing and talks us through her story of becoming the "fresh food" chef.

I'm diving into the beverage world again with Cindi from Inspired Leaf Tea. Cindi is a mom, a business owner and woman who loves her tea! We talk about the world of sourcing tea and mixing tea blends, the dangers of artificial flavors, and some "entrepreneur shaming" that happens (that we would like to change). Pour yourself a cuppa and join us in this episode of Tough Cookie! Shownotes at www.picklejarstudios.com/toughcookiepodcast

Caley and Basia are co-owners and operators of the Pancake Wagon Food Truck in Bend, AND they are married. We talk about how they got here and how none of it was planned, love of food, running a super successful food cart and so much more. Part 1 of 2.

Emily Nichols runs a crazy side hustle, Small Batch Daily, and she makes it look like a full time gig! Join me as I quiz her on how she makes her business run, what the side hustle looks like behind the scenes, and how she got the idea to use Instagram as a sales platform.